
<h1>Glossary</h1>

<span class='exampleDropTitle'>Ajax&nbsp;</span> <b>A</b>synchronous <b>J</b>avaScript <b>A</b>nd <b>X</b>ML (AJAX) is a Web development technique for creating interactive <b>web applications</b>. The intent is to make web pages feel more responsive by exchanging small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes, so that the entire Web page does not have to be reloaded each time the user makes a change. This is meant to increase the Web page's <b>interactivity</b>, <b>speed</b>, and <b>usability</b>.
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<span class='exampleDropTitle'>GUI&nbsp;</span> A <b>G</b>raphical <b>U</b>ser <b>I</b>nterface</b> (or GUI, sometimes pronounced "gooey") is a method of interacting with a computer through a metaphor of <b>direct manipulation</b> of graphical images and <b>widgets</b> in addition to text.
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<span class='exampleDropTitle'>RIA&nbsp;</span> <b>R</b>ich <b>I</b>nternet <b>A</b>pplications (or RIA) are <b>web applications</b> that have the features and functionality of traditional <b>desktop applications</b>. RIA's typically transfer the processing necessary for the <b>user interface</b> to the web client but keep the bulk of the data (i.e maintaining the state of the program, the data etc) back on the application server.
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<span class='exampleDropTitle'>Web App&nbsp;</span> In software engineering, a <b>web application</b> &mdash; sometimes called a webapp and much less frequently a weblication &mdash; is an application that is <b>accessed with a web browser</b> over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. Web applications are popular due to the ubiquity of the browser as a client, sometimes called a thin client. The ability to update and maintain web applications <b>without distributing and installing software</b> on potentially thousands of client computers is a key reason for their popularity.
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(Source: <a href='http://www.wikipedia.org' title='Wikipedia' target='_blank'>Wikipedia</a>)
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